Activating the License

In this exercise, you activate a license for 1 copy of product PhotoPrint‑handsfree. With a hands-free license technology, license activation is done programmatically, between the license client and the FlexNet Operations server. A request, usually in XML format, is submitted to the license server, which processes the request and sends a response to the client. Fulfillments generated by a hands-free technology are tracked and can be reported on in FlexNet Operations.

After a license activation request is received, the FlexNet Operations response sequence is:

a. Decode the request message.
b. Invoke the createLicense web service, passing the appropriate entitlement and fulfillment data.
c. Create a fulfillment record and place it on hold. Validate the entitlement policies and ensure that a fulfillment can be generated.
d. Generate a response. Invoke the setLicense web service to set the license text and change the fulfillment record status to active.
e. Send the generated response to the client.

To activate the hands-free license

1. On the Entitle Customers To Licenses page, click Activate. The Activate Licenses For Customers page appears.
2. In the Activatable Line Items table, click the Activation ID link for the PhotoPrint‑handsfree product. The Line Item Details window opens.
3. Review the details of the line item, noting that Qty and Qty Remaining are both 3, Start Date Option is Use First Activation Date, Permanent is true, and License Model is HandsFreeModel, then click Cancel at the bottom to close the window.
4. In the Activatable Line Items table, select the PhotoPrint‑handsfree line item and click Activate. The Activate Licenses for Customers | Generate Licenses page for the PhotoPrint‑handsfree line item appears.
5. Click Next. The Activate Licenses for Customers | Generate Licenses page refreshes.
6. Click Add New Host. The Create License Host window opens.
7. In the Create License Hosts window, for UUID_HandsFree, type 4444. Click OK to add the new host and close the window.
8. Click Verify to verify the validity of the license. This message appears: License is Valid.
9. Click Generate. The Generated Licenses page appears, listing PhotoPrint‑handsfree with a Count of 1. This message appears: License text has not been set for some of the fulfillments generated. The administrator has been notified. You will receive an email when the license is ready to download.
10. On the Generated Licenses page, click Complete. The Activate Licenses for Customers | Activatable Line Items page appears, listing the PhotoPrint‑handsfree line item with an Available Quantity of 2, Total Quantity of 3, and Expiration of PERMANENT.
11. Click Licenses > Licenses. The Support Licenses And Maintenance page appears, listing product PhotoPrint‑handsfree with a Count of 1. The Type is ON HOLD (denoted by the N icon).
12. Click the product PhotoPrint‑handsfree Fulfillment ID link. The Fulfillment Details window opens.
13. Review the fulfillment information, then click Cancel at the bottom to close the window.
14. On the Support Licenses And Maintenance page, put a check mark in the product PhotoPrint‑handsfree license’s check box, then click Set License. The Set License For Fulfillment window opens.
15. In the Set License For Fulfillment window, browse to and select the appropriate License File for your scenario:
• The actual license file generated by your hands-free license generator, or
• the NonFlexHandsFreeLicenseFile.lic sample if no hands-free technology license generator is configured.

Click OK. The Set License For Fulfillment window closes. On the Support Licenses And Maintenance page, Type changes from ON HOLD to Non-Flexnet (denoted by the  NF  icon).

16. On the Support Licenses And Maintenance page, put a check mark in the product PhotoPrint‑handsfree license’s check box, then click Save to File. When you are asked whether you want to open or save the license file, select Open.
17. Review the contents of the license file and close the window when you are done.